Chapter 46 Chestnut in the Fire

(Dizzy, I often have a headache these two days, and I can make mistakes even if I update it. I'm speechless!)

The teenager lay on the bunk with tears in his eyes, choked and nodded and said, "The general's kindness to the little one, and the little one doesn't know how to repay it!" If it hadn't been for the general, the little one would have died today! The little Lin Luo is the ninth in the family, so the little name is Lin Jiu. In the future, the life of the younger one will be the general's! ......”

Xiao Tianjian was very impressed by this teenager. After all, he was the first injured person to come back by name, so Xiao Tianjian was also happy to talk to him, so he sat sideways next to his floor and said, "Lin Luo, Lin Jiu! OK, I remember it! Don't say these words at this time. The most important thing is to recover from the injury. I think you were hit by four arrows today, and it's all in front of you. What a good man! I admire you very much! Ha ha! By the way, I think you are not very old. Where is your home? How did you go to Li Chuang's camp to eat food?

After listening to Xiao Tianjian's praise, Lin Luo's pale face turned red, and he felt a little shy. Seeing that Xiao Tianjian actually sat next to him and chatting with him, he quickly replied, "The small home is in the Lin family shop, 30 miles east of Longzhou City. My father is a hunter, and the family relies on hunting for a living. Today, I was 17 years old. Two years ago, my father went up the mountain to hunt and beat a red fox. It was originally a good thing, but I didn't expect it to cause a big disaster because of this red fox skin.

My father originally wanted to take this red fox skin to Longzhou City to sell it at a good price and exchange some salt food to go home for the Spring Festival, but he didn't think of it, but he was favored by a red fox skin by an official in the city and insisted on forcibly asking for it. My father did not agree. As a result, he was defiled as a thief by the man and taken to the government office by the official. As a result, he was killed alive in a few days. Die in prison!

My mother came to Longzhou City to pick up my father's body. When she saw my father's body, she wanted to sue the official. As a result, she was also kicked in the center of the official and was taken home for a few days before she was cut off!

At that time, the little one vowed to avenge his parents. This time, when he heard that the rebels were coming to fight Longzhou City, he threw himself into General Li's camp. As a result, the little one's life was not good. Today, he hit four arrows in a row. If it weren't for the general, the little one would have died today!" When Lin Jiu spoke, a look of resentment gradually appeared on his face.

After hearing this, Xiao Tianjian sighed slightly. It can be said that there are various reasons for the people who participated in the rebel army. To put it bluntly, it is still the officials who force the people to rebel. It can be said that the government of the Ming Dynasty has been rotten for a long time. No wonder it will force so many people to risk losing their lives and rebel.

He patted Lin Luo on the shoulder and said, "Good job! The official really deserves to die, but there is more than one official who should be killed in this world. If it weren't for these damn officials, it wouldn't have been so much trouble. I'm afraid that no one here can survive here, so he came to do this. It seems that the court can't count on it!

In the final analysis, isn't it all up to us ordinary people that the emperor and those corrupt officials can be domighty? Heaven and earth are not benevolent, and everything is a dog! What they eat, drink and wear, and what we don't provide for them? But they can only fish the people, and the disaster is coming, but they don't think about the hunger and suffering of the people. They still go on violence, so that we big guys can't live! Since they regard us as ruminating dogs, why should we let them bully us casually?

So we can only rely on our own hands to make a way to make a living for ourselves. Everyone is well recuperating. When we come here, I, Xiao, will never let everyone kill themselves. Let's continue to work with the government and the court! If you can trust me, Xiao, after recovering from the injury, you will stay with me. In the future, we will twist it into a rope. The world is so big that we can always earn a place where we can settle down!"

When Xiao Tianjian saw him talking with Lin Luo, many of the wounded soldiers under the account straightened up and listened to them. Their faces showed resentment, so he took the opportunity to say to these people.

"What the general said is that none of us came to do this because we were forced to live? If it weren't for General Xiao today, we wouldn't be alive. Our cheap life is worthless. Since the general saved us, we are not good or bad people. In the future, this life will be sold to the general! The big guy said, didn't he?" After listening to Xiao Tianjian's words, a man lying next to Lin Luopu immediately clenched his fist and shouted.

Those wounded soldiers in the same medical account shouted one after another, saying that as long as they recovered from the injury, they would follow Xiao Tianjian.

Xiao Tianjian was secretly happy. He stood up and said to the person in the account and said, "Don't give up. Xiao, thank you! Our Xing Tianjun pays attention to fairness in everything. As long as the big guy is willing to stay, then Xiao is his own brother and recovers well. Xiao is willing to wait for the brothers to join our Xing Tianjun!"

When Xiao Tianjian came out of the medical account, he suddenly saw Fu Deming also standing outside the medical account and looking at him with a smile. As soon as he saw him come out, he hugged his fist and whispered to Xiao Tianjian, "Congratulations, General, for getting another 200 tough soldiers!"

Xiao Tianjian looked at Fu Deming and knew that his purpose of doing this was to hide it from this smart guy. Fu Deming must have already seen his ultimate purpose of doing it, so he smiled and said, "Don't say this. It's inconvenient to talk here. Let's go out and talk about it!" What did Mr. Fu come to me for?

Fu Deming accompanied Xiao Tianjian out of the medical camp and walked outside the camp gate in the camp. He stood outside the camp gate and looked at the Longzhou city in front of him and said to Xiao Tianjian, "Tomorrow He Renlong is about to lead his troops back to this place. I don't know what the general is going to do?"

Xiao Tianjian turned his head and looked at Fu Deming and said with a smile, "I think Mr. Fu must have thought of something. Don't go around with me. Please say it directly!"

Fu Deming looked at Longzhou City standing in the darkness. The wall of Longzhou City was covered with lights and torches all over the head of the city. Even under the city, there was a fire. Within dozens of steps outside the city wall, it was bright and it was in a posture of strict defense. So he said to Xiao Tianjian, "This time, I didn't expect Longzhou City would be defensive. It was so strict that the general led his troops to resist so resolutely. He thought he could fight with Li Zicheng and take Longzhou City, but he didn't expect that things would develop to such a point. After He Renlong returns to this place tomorrow, Longzhou City will definitely be even more difficult to fight! I don't know if the general wants to cooperate?"

Xiao Tianjian also stopped outside the camp gate. He looked at the brightly lit Longzhou City from afar and smiled and said, "It is impossible for everything in the world to go smoothly. This time I came to Longzhou with Li Zicheng. As you know its main purpose, it is not that it is not the key for me to fight Longzhou City. With the strength of Xing Tianjun, I haven't I am so arrogant that I think that I can attack such a strong city. Otherwise, I will lead the public to fight Fengxiang Mansion on that day!"

"Didn't the general really think about the benefits of attacking Longzhou City?" Fu Deming was still asking Xiao Tianjian in a roundabout way.

"I have thought that after attacking Longzhou City, we can get countless grain and weapons, and we can recruit troops and horses, but what can we do? In the current situation in Longzhou, it is obvious that we can't eat it. Do I feel sorry for the big meal that I know I can't eat? Tell me, Mr. Fu, what on earth are you trying to say? Xiao Tianjian turned around and stared at Fu Deming.

"Okay! Since the general asked me to speak bluntly, then I would not be polite! In my opinion, I'm afraid that the general's coming to Longzhou this time is not just about ending this general Li Chuang! If his subordinates guessed well, the general should have wanted to make a surprise in the rebels by beating down Longzhou City!" Fu Deming said to Xiao Tianjian seriously.

The pupils of Xiao Tianjian's eyes suddenly shrank, but his expression immediately opened again. He looked at Fu Deming and said, "Is it wrong for me to do this?"

"Of course it is! It's just that we chose the wrong goal this time! We didn't expect that Longzhou City would be so difficult to fight and consume so much. I'm afraid it's not a good thing for the general! Nowadays, the reputation of generals is far less than that of Gaochuangwang and Li Zicheng. If the general goes on in this territory, he can neither compete for soldiers nor have a greater reputation! If it goes on like this, it will only gradually consume the strength of the Xingtian Army until it is annexed by Gao Yingxiang. As for the general digging some wounded soldiers from Li Zicheng, although it is not an incommissibility, it is not a long-term solution!

Please forgive me for saying that if the general wants to be amazing, he must do a big thing now, so that he can jump out of the current predicament!" Fu Deming stared into Xiao Tianjian's eyes and said rudely to Xiao Tianjian.

Xiao Tianjian was a little speech-wratic, because Fu Deming was right. This time he came with Li Zicheng to fight Longzhou City, not just to have a good relationship with Li Zi. At the same time, he also wanted to take advantage of this attack Longzhou City to be amazing among the rebels, but this time he was obviously unlucky. He met the Longzhou general. Gan Cai actually made him and Li Zicheng touch his nose here. For Xiao Tianjian, this situation really makes him very depressed. Although the loss is not too big, if it goes on like this, Gao Yingxiang will lead the army again, and his Xing Tianjun is nothing here. Today, Yan Chongxi proposed to leave here in public, although he does not Agreed, but this also shows that his men are not optimistic about this trip to Longzhou.

If it continues like this, Xing Tianjun still can't do anything amazing. Not to mention attracting people to join his command, I'm afraid that after a long time, even the masses under Xing Tianjun's eyes will be separated. Everyone comes out and wants to have a chance to stand out. If he is a leader, he can't be in the crowd. If you do something convincing in front of people, it is difficult to guarantee that no one will turn to others. This is originally a matter of personal interests, and you can't blame others.

So Xiao Tianjian is also thinking about this problem today, but at present, he is busy prying the corner of the wall and neglecting this matter for the time being, but he didn't expect to be hit by Fu Deming.

After Xiao Tianjian was silent for a while, he stared at Fu Deming and asked, "So in Mr. Fu's opinion, what should I do now?"

Fu Deming then asked, "So please ask the general to tell his subordinates what arrangements Li Zicheng will make for He Renlong's return to help this time?"

Xiao Tianjian was slightly stunned and immediately replied, "Li Zicheng also knows that He Renlong is a border soldier among the officers and army, which should not be despised, so he is willing to close the door and not fight, and let him enter the city! In order to avoid its edge, wait for Gao Yingxiang to lead his troops to come!"

Fu Deming nodded and said, "That's easy to do! This should be an opportunity for the general. Li Zicheng dares not meet him, so can the general dare to lead his troops to stop He Renlong's department tomorrow?

Xiao Tianjian's pupil suddenly shrank and was slightly shocked. He opened his eyes and asked Deming, "Does Mr. Fu mean to let me lead the department to face He Renlong Department head-on tomorrow? Do you think we have a chance to win?"

"Why not? He Renlong was first forced to lead his troops to Baoji County to support. Although he did not supervise the urgent travel, he still had to spend a lot of energy. Now He Renlong was shocked to hear that Longzhou was besieged and turned back to help Longzhou again. No matter whether his soldiers were exhausted or not, at least for their morale, they went back and forth in Baoji and Long. The rush between the two states is enough to make their morale plummet!

The reason why He Renlong dares to rush to Baoji to support is that most of the soldiers under his command are tough soldiers in the border town. These border troops have always been arrogant. Although they are brave, they are not really afraid of death!

And Fu Mou looks at the general's method of military training. Although our department has not been established for a long time, it is almost every day. Although the time is not long, it is enough to be called a tough army! It's just that the general himself doesn't think it. In his subordinates's opinion, although Li Zicheng and Gao Yingxiang's subordinates have been fighting for many years, compared with ours, they are still just a mob!

Our army is weaker than attacking, but strong in the field. Why don't we dare to fight against one? In this battle, his subordinates do not ask the general to defeat He Renlong's troops in the first battle. As long as our department wins a small victory in this battle and frustrates He Renlong's spirit, the general and our Xing Tianjun will definitely be famous. Why worry about being despised in the future?

After listening to Fu Deming's words, Xiao Tianjian suddenly seemed to have a feeling of light in front of him. Although he has been committed to strengthening the army since the formation of Xing Tianjun, and has dared to compete with Fengxiang Guard in the Yanyang area, he always has always felt in his heart that Xing Tianjun. The combat effectiveness is not enough to compete with the elite officers and soldiers, so this time there is a sense of confusion about where to go now.

Fu Deming's words suddenly woke him up. Xing Tianjun's initial creation was not long ago, but from their daily training volume, it has exceeded the training volume of a large number of officers and soldiers for several years, and there are no lack of soldiers who dare to fight, and from the beginning of the beginning to now, the military discipline has always been what they attach great importance to. Things.

And what kind of army is his Xing Tianjun? That's because he drew on the training methods of later generations to create an army that is already similar to the modern army. Whether it is the formation mode of the team or the military discipline in the army, it is better than most of the armies of this era. Its combat effectiveness can be said to have been tested in two head-to-head battles with the officers and soldiers, and it has shown Their strong combat effectiveness.

It is true that the border troops under the command of He Renlong are indeed the elite officers and soldiers, but after all, they are an old-style army. In terms of military discipline and training methods, there is a big gap with his Xingtian Army. Even if they are experienced in the battlefield, what? Why should Xing Tianjun be afraid of them?

And he can be said to be in it, but he can't see this. Since he joined the gang, Fu Deming has not intervened in too much practice. Instead, he can stand from the perspective of outsiders to examine his Xing Tianjun. On the contrary, he can see the advantages of Xing Tianjun more than him.

So Fu Deming dared to propose this time and let him lead Xing Tianjun and face He Renlong's troops alone. Xiao Tianjian himself did not dare to think about this. Now after listening to Fu Deming's words, Xiao Tianjian's heart suddenly came to life. After thinking about it, the expression on his face quickly relaxed and smiled. Suddenly, he laughed and said, "Thank you, Mr. Fu, for reminding me! This is a good plan! Haha! On the contrary, Xiao didn't think of this!" After saying that, he patted Fu Deming on the shoulder a few times.

Fu Deming's teeth hurt, and his body immediately lowered. He smiled and said, "General, be gentle. He is just a scholar, and he can't stand such a strong slap!"

Xiao Tianjian looked at his hand. With the light of the light of the light ball hanging outside the door, he saw the thick callus on his palm and was slightly stunned. I don't know when his hands had become so rough. He has been practicing and struggling continuously every day. More than half a year has made his palm And the bones of his fist are covered with calluses, and his muscles seem to have become much stronger. No wonder he slapped Fu Deming casually, which made Fu Deming cry out. It turned out that his strength has become so strong now.

"Haha! It seems that Mr. Fu has to practice martial arts when he has nothing to do. He has to work hard! Otherwise, we will march and fight in the future. I'm afraid Mr. Fu's body can't stand it! All right! Iron head, pass the order to raise the account, and let those guys come to my account to discuss matters! ..." Xiao Tianjian smiled and shouted to Tietou.